12 October, 2008

McCain slashes Obama’s lead in Sunday’s Gallup Poll
Kansas City Star – MO,USA
He has slashed Barack Obama’s lead down to 50-43 percent in Sunday’s Gallup Poll. That’s a gain of 4 percentage points in just three days, back when Obama …
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Gallup daily poll: Obama 50, McCain 43
Seattle Post Intelligencer – USA
The latest Gallup daily presidential tracking poll shows Democrat Barack Obama leading Republican John McCain 50 percent to 43 percent. …
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Obama’s Saturday in Philly
MSNBC – USA
PHILADELPHIA — Obama barnstormed across this city yesterday, holding four get-out-the-vote events where he praised McCain for seeking to tone down the …
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Biden, Clintons team up for Obama
CNN – USA
Hillary Clinton are expected to tell voters why they think Barack Obama’s ticket is the best choice for middle-class families. Hillary Clinton, who competed …
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As We See It: Elect Obama as next president
San Jose Mercury News – CA, USA
Barack Obama’s remarkable rise really does equate with his campaign’s theme: “Change you can believe in.” In that many Americans today are concerned, …
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Obama woos Philadelphia as his lead grows
Daily Nation – Nairobi,Kenya
US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama addresses one of four rallies in Philadelphia on Saturday. Photo/MACHARIA GAITHO By MACHARIA GAITHO (email …
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Obama Gains in States Such as Iowa, Florida Give National Boost
Bloomberg – USA
By James Rowley and Kristin Jensen Oct. 12 (Bloomberg) — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is moving ahead in a series of new polls from …
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‘The Tennessean’ Endorses Obama
Editor & Publisher – USA
NEW YORK Barack Obama has been picking up editorial endorsements in several key swing states but today also gained one from a major paper in a state that is …
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Barack Obama’s journey through the political meat grinder
Standard – Nairobi,Kenya
Facing an opponent that had no restraints in throwing punches, including many below the belt, Obama opted to adopt a different strategy. …
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Blue-collar vote could give Ohio to Obama
San Diego Union Tribune – United States
Today, those white, working-class voters are a key to Obama’s chances to take this must-win state, without which no Republican has ever won the presidency. …
www.signonsandiego.com/news/
politics/20081012-9999-1n12ohio.html

Obama stock: Cardinal (CAH) delivers on health care promise
By Steven Halpern
“Should Obama win the election, we would look towards select sub-sectors of health care; one stock we would expect to benefit is health supply distributor, Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH),” explains Kelley Wright, editor of the blue chip …
www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/10/12/obama-stock
-cardinal-cah-delivers-on-healthcare-promise/

Sarah Palin: Obama Has “Left Behind Even The Middle Ground When It …
By hortense
Behind in the polls and perhaps looking for a way to connect with voters without resorting to Barack Obama “is palling around a terrorist” speech she gave last week, Gov. Sarah Palin has shifted her focus to abortion, referring to …
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even-the-middle-ground-when-it-comes-to-the-issue-of-life

Sun, Oct. 12 Electoral Vote Predictor Obama 343 McCain 184 Ties 11
Barack Obama. The younger Buckley has known McCain personally for over 25 years and until this campaign, admired him greatly as being authentic. However, the campaign changed McCain. He is no longer authentic. He basically sold his soul …
www.electoral-vote.com/evp2008/Pres/Maps/Oct12.html

Obama: Don’t let McCain “hoodwink” or “bamboozle” you
By Allahpundit
Delivered, with exquisite nuance, within two minutes of congratulating Maverick for toning down the rhetoric yesterday in Minnesota and within a few hours of Rep. […] Read the rest “
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-dont-let-mccain-hoodwink-or-bamboozle-you/

Obama calls Ayers charges ‘smears’
By media@politico.com (Mike Allen)
In a new ad Obama takes a faintly mocking and even bemused tone in his rebuttal to Ayers attacks.
www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14491.html

11 October, 2008

Sarah Palin is soooo yesterday, a Barack Obama backer insists
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
In Philadelphia, meanwhile, where Barack Obama was making the rounds, the city’s mayor made clear his dismissive attitude toward McCain’s running mate, …
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Obama turns America’s tribal voting pattern on its head
Daily Nation – Nairobi,Kenya
Obama Versus McCain. Then there are the Hispanics, a sizebable group with about 14 per cent of the population compared to about 13.3 per cent that is black. …
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McCain Camp Reigns in Vitriol After Attacks on Obama
FOXNews – USA
John McCain is performing a balancing act in its recent attempts to sow doubts about Barack Obama: On the one hand the McCain campaign is attacking Obama …
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Riding high, Obama nods to McCain, rallies fans
The Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — His backers feeling increasingly confident, Democrat Barack Obama made a slight nod to his Republican rival on Saturday and asked voters …
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Obama’s Philadelphia Campaign Blitz
CBS News – New York,NY,USA
(PHILADELPHIA) Barack Obama took the city by storm today, attracting crowds of tens of thousands at four rallies that took place over a span of just five …
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itics/fromtheroad/entry4515189.shtml

Obama “Appreciated” McCain’s Efforts to Tone Down Rhetoric
FOXNews – USA
by Bonney Kapp PHILADELPHIA – Barack Obama blitzed Philadelphia Saturday, holding four rallies, all within the city’s corporate limits – a city whose …
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McCain Campaign Sustains the Focus on Obama’s Links to a 1960s Radical
New York Times – United States
The McCain campaign brought him up all last week even as the Republican candidate slipped further behind his Democratic rival, Senator Barack Obama, …
www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/us/politics/12ayers.html

Obama Aims for Electoral Edge, Block by Block
New York Times – United States
The most pressing matter inside this field office for Senator Barack Obama was not the next debate or the latest scorching exchange with Senator John McCain …
www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/us/politics/12ground.html?hp

Obama on the trail of Ohio’s ‘Joe Six Packs’
AFP
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AFP) — Democratic White House nominee Barack Obama is making a populist pitch to blue-collar, working class “Joe Six Pack” voters in swing …
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Palin: Obama put ‘ambition above country’
CNN – USA
Barack Obama put “ambition above country” after a newspaper reported that Obama may have tried to influence Iraqi politicians negotiating with the United …
www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/10/
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GA-Sen: “Bomb Obama”
By kos
The fury and loathing of Obama being whipped up largely by McCain-Palin-GOP rhetoric about the Illinois Senator is now spilling into down-ticket races, specifically the battle between GOP incumbent Saxby Chambliss and his Dem challenger …
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10/11 Daily Kos R2K Tracking Poll: Obama , McCain
By DemFromCT
Today’s Daily Kos Research 2000 tracking poll has Obama up over McCain 52-40. All trackers are data from three days prior to posting, with the R2K numbers from today (yesterday’s numbers in parentheses) and the other trackers from …
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A Buckley endorses Obama
By CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney
Buckley, is backing Obama. (CNN) — No, hell has not frozen over, but a Buckley has endorsed a Democrat for president. Christopher Buckley, the son of the late conservative icon William F. Buckley, said Friday he’s decided to back Barack …
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Christopher Buckley & Obama
By Jonah Goldberg
None of that changes because of his decision to endorse Barack Obama. But I think he’s wrong. I would very much like to leave it at that. But since I don’t need a kazillion emails complaining that I punted, I’ll pick up the ball and …
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